Ash tray



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ASH TRAY Filed Feb. 21,

PATENT,- OFFICE.

Annnaw .TANER, or meme, new roan.

ASH ma Application filed February 21, 1925. Serial No. 10,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW JANER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Flushing,'county of Queens, city and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Trays, of which thefollowin is a specification sufficient to enable those skilled in theart to which the invention appertains to utilize the same.

My improvements relate to the class of trays desig ed for the use ofsmokers of cigars and cigarettes, particularly the latter, the objectbeing to afford a simple, sanitary, unitary structure adapted to thevarious requirements and convenience of users, easily cleaned, andinsuring ample protection against extraneous deposit of ash, spark, orremnantthe invention consisting in the specific construction andarrangement of parts described and claimed, and a distinctive featurebeing a central rest dais extending above the rim ofthe tray and formedwith concentric ridges for the support of a cigar or cigarette, withconcavities between said supporting ridges, which admit of aircirculation around and under-a cigar or cigarette placed on the dais;incidental features relating also to the configuration of the undersideof the device, whereby it is adapted to embellishment when made oftransparent or translucent material, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings I illustrate a practical embodiment oftheessential fea-' tures of my invention, although I do not restrict myselfto the identical configuration shown by way of exemplification, sincemodifications may be resorted to in minor details'of construction andshape with like results, and without departing from the spirit andintent of my invention in this respect.

"With this understanding Fig. 1, represents a top view or plan of myimproved ash tray;

Fig. 2, is an edge or side view thereof; Fig. ,3, a section thereoftaken upon plane of line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, is a view of the underside of the tray.

' My ash tray is preferably, although not necessarily, made of"transparent or-trans-.

lucent material, as for instance glass, so that embellishment imposed onthe underside thereof will be visible from above; and

for this reason the circumferential supporting or bearing edge e, of thebase protrudes I beyond the plane p, of bottom-surface thereof, as shownmore particularly in Fig. 3, of the drawings.

The upper part of the central dais (1, extends above the plane of theupper edge of the concentric rim 1", of the tray, said dais portion ofthe device being preferablyof truncated conoida-l form, and merging curvilmearlyinto' the bottom portion 6, of the tray, as do also the innersides of the rim 7', all as shown more particularly in said Fig. 3, ofthe drawings. This curvilinear structure facilitates cleaning whilerendering the de vice symmetrical in appearance.

The circular edge d, of the upper surface of the dais d, is formed witha plurality of concave seats 8, 8, preferably four in number, as shownin Fig. 1, of the drawings, the samebeing equidistant as related to eachother so as to be opposed in alignment, diametrically considered'Concentric with the circular edge (1', of the-dais d, the top surfacethereof is formed with anannular ridge a, the top plane of which isbelow that of the peripheral seats 8, s, as indicated by the dotted linew, m, Fig. 3, and between the said seats 8, s, and

' the annular ridge a, the upper surface of the dais is formed with anannular concavity 0, the central space 0, within the annular ridge beingalso concave.

The interior 2', of the dais (Z, is also in the form of a concavity,upon the curvilinear surface of which may be imposed embellishment thatwill be visible through the sides and the upper surface of said dais 03,provided the tray is made of transparent or translucent material.

It will thus be readily understood that a cigar or cigarette placed uponthe dais d, will not rest upon a flat surface, but upon a plurality ofsupporting ridges with. intervening depressions or concavities whichwill admit of circulation of air underneath the article so placed. Thisfeature is of par ameter as related to the central dais d, as

when so supported its extremities are necessarily within thecircumferential rim, no matter what the position of rest on the top ofthe dais may be.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ash tray of the character designated, formed with acircums'cribing rim and a central dais extending above saidrim, the

upper surface of said dais being formed,

with a circular ridge having a plurality of seats, and wlth a concentncannular ridge,

I and also with a concavity between said ridges, the plane of saidcentral concentric annular ridge being below that of the series of seatsin the circular rim of the dais, for? the purpose and substantially inthe manner set forth.

2. An ash tray of the character designated, formed with a circumscribingrim and a central dais extending above said rim,

annular ridge being below that of the series of seats in the circularrim of the dais,

the underside of said central dais being formed with a concavity, forthe purpose and substantially in the manner set forth.

3. An ash tray of the character designated, formed with 'acircumscribing rim and a central dais extending above said rim,

the upper surface of said dais being formed with a circular ridge havinga plurality of seats, and with a concentric annular ridge, and also witha concavity between said ridges, the plane of said central concentricannular ridge being below that of the series of seats in the circularrim of'the dais, the underside of said central dais being formed with aconcavity, and the underside of the tray with a fiat annularsurfacearound said concavity in the dais, said annular flat surfacebeing in a plane within that of the bearing edge of the base, for thepurpose and substantially in the manner set forth.

ANDREW JANER. Witnesses:

MATHILDA STEUERNAGEL, Gno. WM. Mm'rr.

